1. Who is Linus Torvalds?

He wrote the Linux kernel. If you don't know that, why are you reading this?

2. What does he look like?

It is Copyright 1999 by Gary Wagner. He has since had laser eye surgery and no longer wears glasses.

3. Where is Linus from?
Finland. He grew up in Helsinki (the capital of Finland and its largest city). He wrote the Linux kernel while a student at Helsinki University.

4. When was he born?
December 28th 1969.

5. If Linus is Finnish, why is his birth language Swedish?

Finland has a significant (about 6%) Swedish-speaking minority population. They call themselves finlandssvensk or finlandssvenskar and consider themselves Finns; many of their families have lived in Finland for centuries. Swedish is one of Finland's two official languages.

6. Where does Linus live?

He's now resident in Portland, Oregon, having moved to the U.S. from Helsinki in early 1997. He lived in Santa Clara and San Jose before going to work for OSDL